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ForbesToday's NYT “Connections” tips and answers for Saturday, October 12thFrom Kris Holt

Hey, gang! I hope you have a wonderful weekend. I was feeling a little unwell so I tried to rest as much as possible – which is a lot easier to justify now that the weather is getting pretty chilly.

Today NYT Connections Hints and answers are coming soon.

How to play connections

Connections is a free, popular one New York Times daily pun. You will receive a new puzzle every day at midnight. You can play on that NYT Website or gaming app.

You will be presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to divide them into four groups of four by figuring out the connections between them. The groups can be items you can click on, names of research participants, or words preceded by a body part.

Each puzzle has only one solution, and you have to be careful when it comes to words that could fit into more than one category. You can mix up the words to perhaps better see the connections between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to understand, blue and green are in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult. The purple group often contains puns.

Select four words that you think go together and click Send. If you guess and are wrong, you lose a life. When you're close to finding the right group, you may see a message saying you're one word away from the right group, but you still need to figure out which word to swap.

If you make four mistakes, the game is over. Let's make sure that this doesn't happen with the help of some tips, and if you really find it difficult, even with today's ones Connections Answer. Like with Wordle and other similar games, it's easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.

What are today's connection notes?

Scroll slowly! Right after the clues for each of today's Connections Groups, I will reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you what words appear in them.

Today's 16 words are…

• CHARGE
• BLOCK
• CLAW
• HAMMER
• ANVIL
• HORN
• CALIFORNIA
• COYOTE
• EGG
• IRON
• DRUM
• TNT
• CAPRI
• HOOF
• HONOR
• NAIL

And the clues for today's groups are:

• Yellow group – human and animal parts made of the same protein
• Green group – meep meep!
• Blue group – fabric variants
• Purple Group – CINNAMON and BREAD would fit here

What are today's sorority groups?

Do you need additional help?

Be warned: We're starting to get into this Spoiler territory.

Today's groups are…

• Yellow group – consists of keratin
• Green Group – Road runners Cartoon staples
• Blue group – types of trousers
• Purple group – ____ role

What are today's connection solutions?

Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today Connections Answer.

This is your final warning!

Today Connections Answers are…

• Yellow group – consists of keratin (CLAW, HOOF, HORN, NAIL)
• Green Group – Road runners Cartoon Staples (ANVIL, BOULDER, COYOTE, TNT)
• Blue group – types of trousers (CAPRI, CARGO, HAMMER, STIRRUP)
• Purple Group – ____ roll (CALIFORNIA, DRUM, EGG, HONOR)

I barely survived today's game, but I already have eight wins in a row. This is what happened to me:

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It took a few minutes for my brain to make the connection between EGG and HONOR. Seconds later I had the purple tones. It probably helped that I went out for sushi the other night and saw California rolls on the menu.

I was actually stuck for a while after that, but after finding the connection between COYOTE and TNT I got the greens.

A guess at HORN, KLAUE, HAMMER and NAGEL gave me a head start, but switching from HORN to STEIRRUP wasn't the right move. I was back to square one when I swapped CLAW for HOOF. Then it finally became clear that HAMMER was the outlier, since the others were practically all animal parts.

It's no surprise that I didn't figure out the blues due to my lack of fashion knowledge, but I did in the end.

That's all for today Connections Hints and answers. Be sure to check out my blog for tips and the walkthrough for Monday's game if you need them.

PS To keep the horror train rolling, here's a nasty little slasher with a deep well of dark humor. You're next is immensely entertaining for those in the mood for something gory. The foundation for this is a great leading actress, and it's a real shame that one particular actor didn't become a much bigger star after that: